PEORIA — A 6-month-old group, the Tri-County Long-term Recovery Committee, still is helping victims of last spring's record-breaking floods. Now, it's gearing up to help survivors of a record-setting tornado.

About 60 people met Monday at the Crittenton Centers to begin coordinating future needs of residents of Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford counties dealing with damages from two tornadoes and storms that swept through the area Sunday.

"We understand people are trying to fill basic needs right now, but we're looking at what individuals are going to need down the road," said Jennifer Orban, a Crittenton employee who serves as vice chairwoman of the group.

Tri-County Long-term Recovery Committee grew out of last April's flood relief efforts by the local chapter of the American Red Cross, Salvation Army, the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Fund and other area churches and organizations.

"We came together after the floods because we wanted to be proactive and have a plan in place to help with other natural disasters," Orban said.

The group is helping about 100 families recover from the effects of April flooding along the Illinois River. In some cases, FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, did not compensate people enough to meet their actual needs, Orban said.

As far as long-term disaster relief for tornado victims, they're already planning how to organize resources and volunteers.

Meanwhile, agencies and medical officials dealing with immediate needs are adjusting and readjusting their efforts as needs change.

OSF Healthcare's Regional Medical Emergency Response Team pulled out of its base at Washington's firehouse Monday night because of low caseloads, only to set back up again Tuesday morning.

The need shifted from storm-related injuries to injuries sustained during cleanup efforts, said Troy Erbentraut, manager of OSF Healthcare's Office of Disaster Preparedness. "We'll be here at least through Friday."

Erbentraut said they also were seeing more people, including emergency first-responders, experiencing health problems because they hadn't slept in two days.

Staff at UnityPoint Health-Methodist's Family Medicine Clinic is using a golf cart to deliver supplies such as work gloves, food and water to Washington's hardest-hit neighborhoods.

Tuesday night, the Red Cross was scheduled to move the base for local and state operations to the Peoria Civic Center from increasingly cramped headquarters along John Gwynn Avenue, according to Red Cross spokeswoman Erin Miller.

"It doesn't make sense to go to Washington right now, when they're still trying to restore power," she said.

Most of the people hospitalized as a result of the storm have been released. The most, 16, had been admitted to OSF Saint Francis Medical Center.

As of Tuesday, only eight remained at St. Francis. One was in critical condition, one was serious, and the rest were in stable condition. All three patients admitted to UnityPoint Health-Methodist have been released.